Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-10-15


adorned with the great seal of the territory
bear the names of M. Gross of Yankton.
who succeeds Trustee Williams; Milo T.
WoOley Of YanktOn, who succeeds William
~. Powers, and Robert Cox of Yankton,
who succeeds F. l.. Van TasseI These
gentlemen, with Trustees Lewis and Brown
of the old board, will compose the future
board OF trustees for the asylum.
A special from Sioux City, Iowa,
says: An attempt was made to wreck the
Yankton passenger train on the Milwaukee
G st. Paul road, on q curve mile this side
OF Ella Point, by fastening an oak tie on
the track. The engineer discovered the
obstruction too late to stop, but luckily the
train was not deraiied. Over 500 excurs-
ionists were crowded into the coaches, and
had the designs of the Williams been accom-
plished the loss of life would have been
frightful.
Commander-in-chief G. A. R., Judge
John P. Rea, upon his return home to Min
neapolis was given a most handsome recep-
ton, procession of 5000 largely G. A. R.
men, escorting him to the Exposition build
ing, where Mayor Ames led in the speech
making followed by Judge Rea, Col Hicks,
Murphy, Maj. Drake and Col j. e. David
son of st. Paul. 1t was q very happy and
altogether eloquent occasion.
At Council Bluffs, Iowa, the first
case in the indictments of all proprietors of
gambling houses in the city under the state
law was called for trial. The case was that
Of The State vs.. F. keenan,, alias jim
Wilson. He entered plea of guilty and
left himself at the mercy of the court He
was fined $3.50 or Imprisonment for forty
five days in the county Jail and to pay all
costs Of prosecution. There are eight or
ten moro cases.
Pipestone, Mimi, Special: A COM
pany of ten sold iers, Capt. Bean and Indian
Agent J. F. Kinney of Yankton arrived here
from the West. The orders are to remove
all squatters who have encamped on the
Indian reservation. About one hundred
and sixty Indians are camped at the quar-
rles waiting to see the settlers go. It looks
now as though the same course pursued at
The Winnebago reservation would be fol-
lowed out here.
Capt. Ben. Knapp, widely known
among steamboat men on the st. Croix
and Mississippi rivers died at his home at
Osceola,, Mimi For year past Capt.
Knapp has been afflicted with throat
trouble, but was able to attend to his
steamboat business until about two weeks
ago, when he was taken to his bed. Blood
poisoning was the cause of his death. He
was thirty years old. He leaves wife and
two children.
Little Falls, Mimi, Special James
McClinty and Charles Young, farmers near
this village, who were arrested last August
on the charge of stealing goods from a car
on the Northern Pacific road, have been
convicted Of the crime and were each
sentenced to two years in Saltwater. The
stolen articles consisted of box OF goods
itrlon6 INV dab p
meier st. Paul to S. Rudowski of this
place.
Engineer Oscar Prentice, of the
Manitoba road, received fatal injuries at
Glasston, Oak. He got out of tho engine
to help chain up car, the drawhead hav-
ing been pulled out. While between the
he was out, signaled the fireman to back up,
catching Prentice just above the waist be-
tween the cars. He is married man and
lived at Grand Forks.
Fire at Owatonna, Mimi, DESTROYED
the Winona & st. Peter elevator and con-
tents, about 5000 bushels of wheat, the
large storehouse of n. G. Harson, and the
water tank of the Winona q St. Peter road
Loss on elevator about $4,000; war house
and contents, 81, 100; tank and tracks, $500
Insurance on most of the property. How
the fire originated is a mystery.
A delegation of 100 Indians of Wis
consin, had an interview with Secretary
Lamar at Washington, in regard to taking
their lands in severalty. They also asked
for an appropriation of 100000 in view of
the fact that they have given to homeless
children great deal Of their land Mr.
Lamar promised to give the matter his
careful attention.
At Des Moines, Iowa, in the case O
Pence VS. the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacis
ic r. R., tried in the district court the iury
returned verdict for the plaintiff in the
sum of $4,000 for personal injuries received.
Pence was crossing the road when a train
ran into his wagon, Gripping him for life.
The suit was brought to recover $4,000.
At Sioux Falls, Oak, Christine
Peterson, single woman twentv-eipbt
years old, con omitted suicide by shooting
herself in the head. This was her fourth
attempt at self obstruction since her dis
charge from the lunatic asylum at st.
Peter, Mimi, five weeks ago.
Lincoln MacVeagh, son of En-
Attorney General Macveagh,. was married
at St. Paul, Mimi, to daughter of Gen.
John B. Hammond. Mr. MacVeagh ST.. with
his family were present at the wedding,
coming from Philadelphia, Pa, IN a special
car. The young couple are to reside at Chi
cago.
An Emporia, Kas., special says:
Fire destroyed the Merchants hotel, the
livery stable of J. R. Mckenzie and the
agricultural implement store of Griffith Il
Ewing: Loss, $4,000; insurance, $500.
Mrs. NJ. c, Schmidtling to whom the hotel
belonged, is the heaviest loser.
Pine City, Mimi, is afflicted with
the diphtheria scourge, and portions of the
place are quarantined. Dr. Brown traces
the cause to the drawing off of the Cheng-
Wetona dam, from which the village has
twice before within ten years been afflicted
with epidemic plaques.
Dan Mcdonald, farmer of Trapp.
Wis, driving his team near the Milwaukee
road the horses became frightened and ran
on to the crossing and were dashed into by
passenger train; both horses were killed
and McDonald's head severed from his
body.
At Rockford, Ill, Rev. Norman Ran
som of Grandin, Oak, "a Methodist Episcopal
clergyman, died suddenly of typhoid fever.
He was member of the North Dakota con
ference The deceased was son of DR..
Ransom of Roscoe, Illinois.
Gov. Church, Secretary Mccormack
Auditor Ward. Railroad Commissioner
Smith Of Dakota, Editor Jewell of Bis
marck, Hon. j. D. Lawler of Mitchell,
gathered at st; Paul to pay their respects
to President Cleveland.
In the Hall & Ducey mill, at
Minneapolis L. Bennett was thrown on to
the cogs of the big bull wheel and his right
arm drawn in uu To the Shnulda,